According to the latest ONS labour market data, youth unemployment has hit 14.7%. That means one in seven young people looking for work can't find...
I was delighted to work with colleagues at FE News’ Breaking Barriers event on a construction job. We worked to take apart the youth employment...
For too long, the national conversation around success has treated university as the default route into a professional career. Yet across the UK, thousands of...
At the start of this month, leaders from across government, further education, skills, employability and employer groups gathered for the Breaking Barriers Collective, hosted by...
There is a particular kind of honesty that emerges when a room full of practitioners, advocates and leaders agrees to stop being polite about a...
The publication of the Milburn interim review on young people and work arrives at an important moment for England’s education, employment and skills system. With...
Something struck me recently at the Breaking Barriers / NEET Collective, held in central London on 2nd June 2026 - a FE News and Edge...
Recently, I visited PET-Xi in Coventry, and I left with a feeling I know all too well: admiration, frustration and a deep sense of déjà...
Practitioners, leaders, researchers and advocates gathered in London to do something the sector urgently needed: not just name the problem, but co-design the route out...
There’s a gulf between where many NEET young people are and where employers need them to be so that they can thrive in a job. The UK must find ways to bridge that gulf -...
Female employees – particularly those working in management – are twice as likely to see their gender as a barrier to success than their male…
This year, over 1,300 Master in Management students from ESCP Business School—the entire first-year cohort—will gather in the Hemicycle at the European Parliament for “Designing…
The apprenticeship landscape has seen significant policy shifts in recent months, with changes aimed at reducing bureaucracy and increasing flexibility. Policymakers have long faced calls…
City College Plymouth has been recognised as a trailblazer in digital innovation, winning the prestigious Jisc-sponsored Effective Use of Digital Technology category at the 2025…
A partnership agreement, which aims to develop skills to enable growth and prosperity for North East Wales and beyond has been signed by Coleg Cambria…
The percentage spread of women enrolling onto trade courses at some of the UK’s largest colleges is increasing, new research has found. Builder’s merchant and…
@BordersCollege has achieved outstanding success at the ALBAS 2025, Lantra Scotland’s Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills, securing top honours in multiple categories and reaffirming…
A new plan that puts students, staff and the city at the heart of a series of ambitious goals has been launched by The Sheffield…
A new report from skills charity NOCN Group highlights the government’s missed opportunity of not properly investing in training, up-skilling and re-skilling part-time workers to…
BMet College has officially proven that equality, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of what their team do, after securing two award wins at…
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